CARDIOVASCULAR HEALTH
Advancing Cardiac Rehab
Cardiac Rehabilitation Collaborative
Join this dynamic, open, national forum to exchange information, ideas, and resources! The Cardiac Rehabilitation Collaborative (CRC) convenes quarterly, providing an opportunity for those working in, associated with, and interested in CR to collaborate and learn from one another. The CRC has created many educational resources for professionals and patients and discusses use of the strategies included in the Million Hearts/AACVPR Cardiac Rehabilitation Change Package.
Public Health Jurisdiction Cardiac Rehabilitation Projects
Two health departments were selected to implement evidence-based strategies to support policies, systems, and services that increase access to and utilization of cardiac rehabilitation though the Million Hearts® Advancing Cardiac Rehabilitation Project:
- The Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services has partnered with four CR programs across the state to establish a procedure for providing CR to patients diagnosed with heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF). Partner facilities are engaging patients with HFrEF prior to hospital discharge by introducing them to a home-based CR option to bridge the usual six-week waiting period. During the home-based phase, CR staff provide education, symptom surveillance, and engage patients in CR concepts with the goal of graduating them into center-based CR after the waiting period.
- The New York State Department of Health is collaborating with the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (NYCDOHMH) to provide education around CR use and services to hospitals, primary care practices (including Federally Qualified Health Centers), and community-based organizations with the goal of increasing utilization of CR in communities with high levels of need.
Cardiac Rehabilitation Mini Grants
11 organizations received mini-grants to increase access to support the use of policies, systems, and services that enhance, optimize, or expand cardiac rehabilitation referral, participation, and/or completion. Each organization implemented their Million Hearts®-awarded project between April–July 2025. Learn more.